Stacey Abrams Slams GOP Push To Restrict Voting As 'Jim Crow In A Suit And Tie'

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“The only connection that we can find is that more people of color voted, and it changed the outcome of elections in a direction that Republicans do not like.”

“Instead of celebrating better access and more participation, their response is to try to eliminate access to voting for primarily communities of color. And there’s a direct correlation between the usage of drop boxes, the usage of in-person early voting, especially on Sundays, and the use of vote by mail and a direct increase in the number of people of color voting.”

The GOP-led Senate in Georgia last week advanced a bill, SB241, that would significantly roll back voting access. It includes measures that would limit mail-in voting without an excuse and increase ID requirements, which has been shown to disproportionately impact racial and low-income minority groups.

Some Democrats have criticized it as a thinly veiled attempt to suppress voting from Black and other minority voters who contributed to record turnout in the 2020 election, leading to Democratic victories in Georgia.



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stacey-abrams-restrict-voting_n_604eb121c5b6cf72d0976ece

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1. she is right

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2. Stating the obvious, and it needs to be said...

over and over until we get it right.

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3. K&R